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Husqvarna Moves Up In WORCS Standings

Graffunder Gains Traction, Bonds Just Outside Top 10


March 2 - Corona, CA - Despite the threat of "the storm of the
century," the majority of the wet stuff held off at the second round of
2011 WORCS series in Primm, Nevada. In fact the cool weather and lack
of dust worked to Team Zip-Ty Husqvarna Racing Cory Graffunder’s favor
as he grabbed another podium position. However he had to battle a tough
break when he broke his brakes!



"I had a bad start and then a rock hit my front brake lever on the
second straight, so I raced the whole way with no front brakes," says
Graffunder of his bit of bad luck. "It was difficult riding with no
front brakes at first, but I started to push harder in the last half
hour and made up some time." He also made up several positions to
finish a hard fought third to get on the podium again. Combined with
his third place finish at the first round in Taft, Graffunder moves up
into second over all in the chase for the WORCS Pro 2 title, just seven
points out of first. "It’s a long season, but I would rather be leading
than trying to play catch-up!"



After experiencing one of the first real mud races of his life at the
aptly named Deep Creek Western Hare Scrambles a week earlier, "Desert
Master" Nick Burson arrived prepared for a mudfest at Primm, but it
failed to materialize. There was some standing water on the course, but
the traction was perfect and dust wasn’t an issue. "I had the weekend
off, but decided to do the WORCS race for some training," says the
defending U.S. Desert Racing #1 plate holder.



For 2011, the WORCS series features a new format with pros racing two
one-hour motos. "It took me about half the race to start feeling
comfortable on Saturday. I finally started feeling good and moved up a
couple of spots." Burson used Sunday's second moto to race test some
tweaks to his new TXC511. "It was a good weekend of practice for me
because I finished both days and had no crashes."



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After finishing well inside the top 10 at WORCS Round #1, former pro
motocrosser and 2008 series champ Bobby Bonds had looked forward to
improving upon his 7th place Taft finish. Unfortunately, bad luck
struck "Bondo" at Primm forcing him off of his normal rapid pace.
However with eight WORCS series events still to go, Bonds is focused on
moving up from 12th position in the series standings. "Plenty of time
to catch up!" he says.





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Next WORCS Race: March 25-27, 2011 – Crazy Horse Campgrounds, Lake Havasu, AZ

Husqvarna Motorcycles. Tradition on two wheels since 1903.

Husqvarna Motorcycles, a part of the BMW Group since October 2007,
are widely known and respected in the off-road world for a heritage of
competition and numerous motocross and enduro world championships.
Originally founded in Sweden in 1903, Husqvarna motorcycles have been
designed and manufactured in Varese, Italy since 1987.



Husqvarna Motorcycles NA, LLC

Husqvarna Motorcycles NA, LLC is part of BMW (US) Holding Corp.,
the BMW Group's sales headquarters for North, Central and South America
is located in Woodcliff Lake, NJ. Husqvarna has continued to expand its
professional race team to compete in AMA Enduro, GNCC, Endurocross,
National Hare & Hound, the AMA Hare Scrambles Series and WORCS
competition. Husqvarna team riders are competing in the premier classes
of each series aboard 2011 Husqvarna TXC449, TXC511, and TE310 off-road
models.

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